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Pacific Crest Bus Lines runs Thruway service that connects Florence with Amtrak's Eugene station. two to three times a day. That's likely accessible with most mobility devices, but power chairs require some research. Also, Amtrak Thruway buses may require 48 hours notice for mobility devices...

There were times on my 2010 trip into Siberia that I thought a lot about the Milwaukee Road and its influence on what the Russians in the late 1920's called "Amerikanomania." There was at least one non-standard transport feature in the Soviet Union -- bus shelters. It turns out that they were...

The 3kv DC system required closer substation spacing than modern AC systems. That's one reason that the Soviet railways were able to rely on the DC system -- substation labor was readily available.

It was built and owned by the Moffat Tunnel Commission. Normally, the commissioners had short, safe, male Anglo names and were unknown to the general public. After it was paid off, new commissioners began discussing whether they had the authority to operate passenger trains. I attended one of...

Here's an update on rail passenger projects in Colorado. https://www.rockymountainpost.com/expanded-mountain-passenger-rail-could-happen-faster-than-front-range-colorado-lawmaker-says/

Which explains some missed connections in Chicago.

Watch out when I juggle my Ivar's clam chowder and a coffee through the train. I have Parkinson's and prefer to sit down for a few minutes in the cafe. VAC<>PDX is a long ride without a full meal along the way. The GN Pool train had a train sales cart rather than a diner, as it was scheduled...

The Portland lounge was an employee initiative, which is why it sometimes was omitted from listings. I think they did it without a specific budget. Its original intent was to take care of First Class passengers transferring between long-distance trains.

I've not had it on Edge or Firefox. I just tried the address with "de" and "ru" substituted for "zh" and received "no such thing" screens. Recent uses of AI have included false websites with substantial actual pages that have addresses close to the real ones, but unless this is meant to only...

In Kansas City they switched mail cars in the yard west of town. In Denver and Portland, the station tracks were longer and the trains were shorter.

Sometimes on an incremental new service there is a time lag before ridership responds. I try not to remember from my transit days how often a pessimist would come in with a grim report of failure in the first days of an added trip, and then never talk about it when it picked up.

Before all but the major station phone numbers described above, it was possible to call the dispatcher. That continued into early Amtrak days, when the customer service telephone centers got their status reports from the station agents at stops. In Salem, Train 14 was frequently reported on...

https://www.colorado.com/grand-junction/transportation/taxis/sunshine-taxi-grand-junction I haven't stayed in a GJT hotel, but if a cab transfer is needed there should be no problem. Grand Junction is the largest city in western Colorado and so it has business and government travel year-round...

I once was responsible for running an art opening on a Rte 9 bus in Edmonton, but we cheated by running a special signed as Rte 9. We just handled regular passengers on and off who were waiting for the regular service. They got a kick out of it, as did the artists. The wedding tops that!

I don't think that there ever was a sleeper through Chicago for either Portland or Seattle. There were plenty of other through services that would seem amazing today. For example: Sleeper Montreal <> Mission City <> Seattle. Sleeper St. Paul <> Sault Ste. Marie <> Montreal. Sleeper Vancouver...

Very interesting! I rode through Priesterweg Bhf in 2018 and did not know about this project. It is on Tables 152 and 153 in the oversight map from 1970. That line got second-hand treatment and was overgrown when I was stationed there. Here are some 1969 photos. 1969 -the Military...

And introduced by Alastair Cooke!

Here are some scraps of information. By postwar agreement, these guys controlled the S-Bahn, Reichsbahn, and the river and canals. In 1970, a late model Volga parked at Zoo Station. 1969 - suburbs in East Berlin were cut off by the Wall. Some in the public did not understand why service did...

Basically correct, but a few notes: With the split created by the Wall on August 13, 1961, two West Berlin S-Bahn lines ran segments in East Berlin. The one in the previous photo of the boys in the open doorway ran Wannsee<>Steglitz<>Friedrichstrasse<>Frohnau via the Nord-Sud tunnel...

Here's the PDX to SEA line-up for Sunday, July 14th as of Wednesday night. Happy Bastille Day! 0645 AT $42/$87 0715 FB $31 0830 AT $59/$87 0830 FB $32 1040 AT $42/$87 1040 FB $46 1410 AT SO/SO 1500 FB $61 1556 AT SO/--/$249 1755 AT $66/$87 1910 FB $33 1925 AT $53/SO 2115 FB $32 And here's PDX...